- Dec 27, 2012
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I don't understand how a pheasant, an animal the size of a chicken, that can fly and move around can decline in population due to environmental factors yet a deer, something the size of a small horse, can flourish.
I don't understand how a pheasant, an animal the size of a chicken, that can fly and move around can decline in population due to environmental factors yet a deer, something the size of a small horse, can flourish.
I think the better question is why the pheasant all but disappeared but wild turkeys can flourish.
It escaped from the coop at jpo183's house. Wings up, don't shoot. LOLI was out behind my house bowhunting this evening and for the first time since I was 15 I spotted a pheasant in the wild. I couldn't believe my eyes and tried to get a pic but she made it into some brush before I could get my phone out. We use to see them every now and again when I grew up In Keymar. I'm guessing this hen probably escaped from somewhere nearby and was raised in captivity but I hope I'm wrong.
There are still large tracts of undeveloped farmland in carroll frederick and Washington county. I would suppose its a combination of all of the factors in the habitat. Small predators and the increase in redtails for sue . An old quail hunter told me that it used to be infrequent that he saw hawks while hunting, and now they seem to line the trees wherever he goes. Weren't hawks protected at one time?
I don't understand how a pheasant, an animal the size of a chicken, that can fly and move around can decline in population due to environmental factors yet a deer, something the size of a small horse, can flourish.
I'm off Bachman valley rd about a mile or so before it hits rt30. Hopefully I will see her again and maybe be able to take pics next time.